Scale car hobby and variety

As my collection expanded, I wanted to good way to catalogue them. The Diecarz app seemed to be the best.  It is new system and with that, still needs to more time to get so much up to date.  Currently, you can officially upload 11 specific companies (Hot Wheels, Tomica, Matchbox..) while there is still a lot of other companies that are not listed and really can't upload into your  garage.  What I have done is upload those cars into my feed (post) and mentioned they are not listed. Having a lot of older Japanese cars from companies that don't exist anymore (Zee Toy, Zylmex) and even unlisted companies such Maisto, it's the only way to document. But I think I will do that here too.  Here is my profile by the way. I do like the ease of taking pictures and uploading it straight to documentation.  https://diecarz.com/f31roger

 I got really busy with life and I made more of my content on IG, Youtube, TikTok and a couple others. I could make short from videos and straight upload. I could speak my ideas and thoughts quickly on those videos.

I have always liked vans. Currently own a 95 Toyota Previa LE SC and 14 Toyota Sienna SE So naturally, I would want to get diecast vans. Unfortunately, Matchbox and Hot Wheels haven't really made many vans. Hot Wheels did release a Honda Odyssey and the RR Honda Odyssey based of the Bisimoto 1000hp van. It wasn't until 2016, when I was in Japan, I picked up a few vans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USlo7dvGxbk I decided I need to get some of the older vans, so my brother Noguchi-san helped me find some and sent them to me! Total collection!!! The Honda Odyssey collection 1st gen RA 2nd gen JDM RA 3rd gen RB North American Odysseys Honda Stepwagon Honda Elysion Toyota Estima set TCR MCR ACR 1st gen Nissan Elgrand 3rd gen Nismo Nissan Elgrand 1st and 2nd gen Nissan Serena Mazda Bongo Friendee camper vans and Mazda MPV Toyota Alphards (1st and 2nd gen), Vellfire and Voxy Ambulance ...

I bought a few of these sets when I was in Japan. It is a case that folds out to be a playset. This one has an elevated parking. It is in played with condition, so worn corners and even some of the stickers. But it is pretty much all there!

I decided to check the strip of stores near my Fairfield clinic. This is CVS, TJ Maxx and Safeway. CVS and TJ didn't have anything I wanted and a very limited selection. I decided to check Safeway. I found the display stand and a quick glance netted me these 3 Hot Wheels. If you know some of these places, the card gets bent and creased as people look and put back some of these back.  I am not a hardcore collector anyway, so I bought the ones I liked with intentions of opening them.  I have the Mazda REPU, but the other 2 I didn't. I liked the Hover mode Delorean from Back to the future.  Here is a quick video of those.

Like anyone that loves toys, I'm very nostalgic. As an adult, I am more of a collector (like most) and also share the hobby with my kids I made this video when my eldest son was a few months old. At the time, I was getting older lots of used cars and rebuilding them. Now rebuilding them has a lot more resources!